New and Emerging Scholars Symposium

Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin is a Senior Lecturer and the director of the Legal Issues Centre based in the Faculty of Law University of Otago. The Legal Issues Centre researches access to justice issues with a focus on the civil justice system. Background Bridgette holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws with Honours from ...more

Benjamin Liu is a lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Auckland. His academic research focuses primarily on financial markets law and, in particular, bond trusts. Recently, he has developed a keen interest in the transformative potential of cognitive computers for legal services and legal education. He is currently developing a cloud-based legal expert ...more

On 6 July 2016, Victoria University of Wellington Law School will host the third gathering of New Zealand’s rising research scholars. Following on from two successful symposia in 2014 and 2105, the Symposium has now become established as an annual event on the academic law calendar. As it did in previous years, the New and ...more

S. Che Ekaratne is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury School of Law. Her research interests include comparative aspects of entertainment law and intellectual property law. Background Before entering academia, Che was an attorney in the Washington DC office of an international law firm, where her work included submissions to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...more

On the 7th August Canterbury University Law School will host a gathering of New Zealand’s rising research scholars. The New and Emerging Scholars Symposium, in its second year, brings together junior academics from each six of New Zealand’s law schools. Each law school is also sending at least one more experienced academic, in most cases, the Dean. ...more